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Ahead of the Winter Olympics in Milan in February, curling superfans turn out in Sioux Falls, S.D., for trials to determine which U.S. team will compete in "chess on ice" against the world.

The Egyptian Football Association (EFA) said Wednesday it "cannot remain silent" after what it believes was unfair and biased officiating in Egypt's 3-2 round of 16 loss against Argentina on Tuesday.

The Bloomington-based band has announced that following its current tour, the Fieldnotes will disband. The group performs in Downtown Bloomington on Aug. 1 with Dan Hubbard as the finale to the Saturdays on the Square concert series.

House leaders and the White House have reached a tentative agreement on an economic stimulus package that includes tax rebates for households and tax cuts for businesses. The deal still has to get through Congress, though, and neither Democrats nor the GOP were totally happy.

The disagreement over the House Democrats' bill released Monday means lawmakers have less than two weeks to reach an agreement before federal funding runs out.

South Korea's capital, Seoul, had pledged to shut down unregulated basement apartments, where a number of people died in floods following the worst rains in 80 years.

A building boom in the Southeast Asian country has pushed up demand for sand in a river that 60 million people rely on.

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